Ancient Persia: Kings- Cambyses, two kings of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia (c. 600–500 B.C.)
- Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, founder of the greatness of the Achaemenids and of the Persian Empire (c. 559–529 B.C.)
- Darius I (Darius the Great), king of ancient Persia (521–486 B.C.)
- Xerxes I (Xerxes the Great), king of ancient Persia (486–465 B.C.)
- Artaxerxes I, king of ancient Persia (464–425 B.C.), of the dynasty of the Achaemenis
- Xerxes II, king of ancient Persia (424 B.C.)
- Darius II, king of ancient Persia (423?–404 B.C.)
- Tissaphernes, Persian satrap of coastal Asia Minor (c.413–395 B.C.)
- Artaxerxes II, king of ancient Persia (404–358 B.C.)
- Mausolus, Persian satrap, ruler over Caria (c.376–353 B.C.)
- Artaxerxes III, king of ancient Persia (358–338 B.C.)
- Darius III (Darius Codomannus), king of ancient Persia (336–330 B.C.)
- Tiridates, king of Parthia (c.248–211 B.C.), second ruler of the Arsacid dynasty
- Shapur I, king of Persia (241–72)
- Shapur II, king of Persia (310–79), of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty
- Ardashir II, king of Persia (379–83), of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty
- Shapur III, king of Persia (383–88), of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty
- Khosrow I (Khosrow Anüshirvan), king of Persia (531–79)
- Khosrow II (Khosrow Parviz), king of Persia of the Sassanid, or Sassanian, dynasty (590–628)
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